创业人格研究述评

创业领域的人格研究在经过了繁荣发展后, 于20世纪90年代受到了广泛的批评。本文在简要介绍了创业人格的研究历程后, 首先介绍了创业者人格特征与成功模型, 然后总结了创业研究中的具体人格特质和一般人格特质, 并从概念、样本、工具等六个方面分析了这类研究受到广泛质疑的原因, 最后指出了创业人格研究的四个努力方向：(1)创业内涵的界定和理论模型的建构; (2)研究设计和测量的改进; (3)调节与中介变量的考察; (4)创业绩效变量的更细致区分。

Review of Research on Entrepreneurial Personality

Research on entrepreneurial personality received wide criticism in the 1990s after the initial period of flourishing. This paper briefly reviewed the history of entrepreneurial personality research and introduced the Model of Entrepreneurs’ Personality Characteristics and Success. The specific and general personality traits that were related to entrepreneurship were summarized, and inconsistencies in research findings were then analyzed. Finally, the paper suggested that future research on entrepreneurial personality should give special emphasis on: a) a clearer definition of the concept and the construction of theoretical model, b) improving research design and the validity of measurements, c) identifying variables that moderate and/or mediate the link between personality and entrepreneurship, and d) more careful selection and differentiation of entrepreneurial performance variables.